Winston County Sports Hall of Fame
The Winston County Sports Hall of Fame 22nd Annual Induction Dinner was held Saturday night, July 20 at the HES cafetorium. Pictured above are Tony Giles, MC and guest speaker Tyler Watts. Board members from each of the five schools in Winston County presented plaques and T-shirts to the athletes chosen from their respective schools. The first presentation was made to two students from Addison High School who received the Academic/Athlete Award for 2019, Gage Gilland and Destiny Walker with Board member Aubry Haynes.
Allen Long, Addison
Denicca Cleghorn Baker, Addison
Kayla Woodard, Addison
Jonathan Lowe, Haleyville
Will Romine, Haleyville
Jennifer Tittle, Lynn
Steve Cagle, Lynn
Brittney Howton Williams, Meek
Robert Phillips, Meek
Vaughn Hendon, Meek. Vaughn was a member of the 1947 Meek football team. Vaughn, along with several other 11th graders were drafted to serve in World War II. They agreed to come back after the war and finish school at Meek. The 1947 year they returned, Vaughn’s team and the other boys defeated Jasper (Walker County) that year and it was the last year that Meek played Walker County.
Ronnie Robinson, Winston County
Shawn Blanton, Winston County
Thomas Lester, Winston County
Special Awards were presented to the families of Will Gannin, Addison, Jerry Jackson, Haleyville, Dan Nelson, Lynn and William (Billy) Wadsworth, Meek